Then how her thought from these did seem to take

Reflex of longing; and within her wake

Desire for some great lover who should slake;

And such found Accolon.

And then she thought

How far she'd fallen, and how darkly fraught

With consequence was this. Then what distress

Were hers and his—her lover's—and success

How doubly difficult if, Arthur slain,

King Urience lived to assert his right to reign.